relatives
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Women’s Occupations by Another Name
Jun 26
Our mothers, grandmothers, great aunts have come a long way in the number and types of occupations available to women over the decades. However, even in 2013 there are still some positions very limited in numbers due to them still being male dominated - example being professional horse racing jockeys. To better know some of the types of occupati...
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Abbreviations for Given Names
Jun 8
Your great aunt was named Katherine, yet many of the documents and records you are examining will have Kathy, Kath, Cathy or Kat. Our ancestors used several different forms for their given names. Sometimes because they didn't like the full formal name and would rather have it shorter. Other times whoever was writing down information for a document ...
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Ideas to Help Search Names
Jun 6
So you have hit the 'brick wall' in your family research. Here are a few suggestions to possibility spark some new and untried methods. First examine the family surname. If it is a rather common name, focus on family individuals who you found to have more unusual given names. Even if such a person is a 3rd great granduncle and not direct lineage, i...
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Ancestral Fantasy Photos
May 7
There are many various forms of what can be described as 'fantasy photos' relating to your family tree. Our ancestors use to have it done quite often. If there was a family group photograph and if a family relative couldn't be present to be in the group photo, a separate photo was taken at another time or one that was already been done and the pho...
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Images of African-Americans in the 19th – 20th Centuries
May 1
The photo collections from the Library of Congress, Emory University, Library of Congress and others have made them possible to view online through a couple different locations. For those who have the Ancestry.com subscription, the collection of photos of African-Americans covering 1850 to 2000 is now available. The site is easy to search, with key...
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Abandoned & Little Known Airfields in USA
Apr 15
So many of our ancestors were involved with aviation over the last 100 years; especially those who worked on the plane to build them, the mechanics or the pilots during World War I, World War II and Korean War. There is an interesting site titled “Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields” in the United States. The site has for each of the 50 sta...
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Check-Off List – Ten Ideas to check of your genealogy Check List!
Mar 16
Whether you are just beginning or have worked on your family tree for years, there can be many different aspects relating to your family and genealogy you have forgotten to investigate, do, search for, collect, or try. The following are just some ten ideas that you might want to consider completing so you can check it off this important list. Firs...
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Philly – What a City !
Mar 4
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known as Philly has a long history dating back to the colonial period. So there well can be many of your ancestors who lived and worked in and around the city of Philadelphia. It was also a major entrance for immigrates first arriving in America. The Philadelphia City Archive has one of the country's largest municipal...
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Capture that Precious Memory
Feb 28
Today marks my 63rd birthday, but much more important it is the first time in those 63 years that my 'second mother', my godmother, my name sake, the family cousin was not here to mark the occasion since her passing this January at age 90. She was Alice Louise Walters Leffler Wallace, my mother's cousin - who were like sisters -- both take charge t...
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Great Resource – Interviewing Your Relatives
Feb 25
Nothing compares to the time spent interviewing relatives who might be able to add a significant amount of details to your family history. Yet, you must approach each relative in an easy going manner as so not to appear as some 'hard hitting reporter for the newspaper'. Use some of the following suggested approaches to get started and you will reap...